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6 killed, 2 injured in deadly shooting, suspect arrested

Police in western Michigan arrested a man suspected of opening fire randomly throughout the area, killing at least six people and injuring two others.

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Updated: 8:56 AM EST Feb 21, 2016

6 killed, 2 injured in deadly shooting, suspect arrested

Police in western Michigan arrested a man suspected of opening fire randomly throughout the area, killing at least six people and injuring two others.

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Updated: 8:56 AM EST Feb 21, 2016

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WEBVTT COOLDOWN AHEAD. SERA: THANKS, DANIELLE. BREAKING OVERNIGHT. A FRIGHTENING SITUATION UNFOLDING IN MICHIGAN. DOUG: A SERIES OF RANDOM SHOOTINGS IN KALAMAZOO. OUR FRANK HOLLAND IS TRACKING THE NEW DEVELOPMENTS. FRANK: WE HAVE NEW INFORMATION IN THIS DEVELOPING STORY. MICHIGAN STATE POLICE NOW SAY AT LEAST SIX PEOPLE WERE KILLED, TWO WERE INJURED. THEY ALSO HAVE IDENTIFIED THE PERSON THEY SAY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THESE COLD BLOODED KILLINGS. 45-YEAR-OLD JASON DALTON IS IN CUSTODY. THE KALAMAZOO MAN IS EXPECTED TO FACE MURDER CHARGES. INVESTIGATORS SAY DALTON WAS DRIVING AROUND THE CITY AND OPENING FIRE ON RANDOM PEOPLE. A MAN AND HIS SON WERE SHOT AND KILLED AT THIS KIA DEALERSHIP. FOUR OTHERS MORE WERE SHOT AND KILLED OUTSIDE OF A CRACKER BARREL RESTAURANT. A 14-YEAR-OLD GIRL THERE WAS INJURED. THE SHOOTING SPREE BEGAN AT AN APARTMENT COMPLEX ON SATURDAY NIGHT. A WOMAN WAS SHOT MULTIPLE TIMES WHILE SHE WAS STANDING OUTSIDE WITH HER THREE CHILDREN. SHE ALSO SURVIVED AND REMAINS IN SERIOUS CONDITION. >> WE HAVE MULTIPLE PEOPLE DEAD. IN SUMMARY IT LOOKS LIKE SOMEBODY JUST DRIVING AROUND FINDING PEOPLE AND SHOOTING THEM DEAD IN THEIR TRACKS. FRANK: INVESTIGATORS SAY A WEAPON WAS FOUND IN DALTON'S CAR. HE WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY WITHOUT INCIDENT AFTER JUST BEFORE 1:00 THIS MORNING, SO FAR POLICE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIGURE OUT ANY MOTIVE FOR THE MURDER SPREE THE VICTIMS HAVE NOT BEEN

6 killed, 2 injured in deadly shooting, suspect arrested

Police in western Michigan arrested a man suspected of opening fire randomly throughout the area, killing at least six people and injuring two others.